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Marshall County, Indiana

An Indiana county that banned new data centres outright rather than adopting a temporary moratorium.

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Banned new data centres outright

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Indiana counties turn pauses into bans
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Why did Marshall County, Indiana ban data centres?
Marshall County banned new data centres outright on 6 July 2026, part of a wave of roughly 30 Indiana counties restricting development over concerns about water and power demand.Source: event
When did Marshall County ban new data centres?
The county banned new data centres outright on 6 July 2026.Source: event
How many Indiana counties restrict data centres?
Roughly 30 of Indiana's 92 counties have moved to pause or ban new data-centre development, including Marshall and Cass counties, which banned it outright.Source: event

Background

Marshall County, Indiana, is one of two Indiana counties, alongside Cass, that voted to ban new data centres outright on 6 July 2026 rather than adopt a temporary pause.

The ban is part of a wider wave of local resistance across the state: roughly 30 of Indiana's 92 counties have now moved to restrict data-centre development, ranging from moratoriums to outright prohibitions, as communities weigh the water and power demands of hyperscale campuses against the jobs and tax revenue they bring.

Marshall County's outright ban sits in tension with Governor Mike Braun's continued courting of hyperscale investment, including Meta's $10bn campus in Lebanon, Indiana, illustrating a state-versus-local split playing out across the country.